A staple of American popular culture during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after the Second World War. But as Rachel Adams reveals in "Sideshow U.S.A.," images of the freak show, with its combination of the grotesque, the horrific, and the amusing, stubbornly reappeared in literature and the arts. Freak shows, she contends, have survived because of their capacity for reinvention. Empty of any inherent meaning, the freak's body becomes a stage for playing out some of the twentieth century's most pressing social and political concerns, from debates...

The Masculinity Studies Reader brings together widely-read and -cited work by key theorists in a new context that is intended simultaneously to establish the contours of and to raise questions about masculinity as a field of academic inquiry.

The Masculinity Studies Reader brings together widely-read and -cited work by key theorists in a new context that is intended simultaneously to establish the contours of and to raise questions about masculinity as a field of academic inquiry.

Readiness is a key but often missing component to the modern Christian's vocabulary and life. I recently felt compelled to spend a year writing something down each day that would help me help people prepare for Jesus' return. The result of that process was a changed life and this life-changing book. It is filled with God's Word intertwined with many of the spiritual discoveries I have made over the past 25 years of ministry. Within these pages you will find a wealth of inspirational thoughts, which can also be used as teaching material to help you help others stay ready May these devotionals...

A mother's deeply moving account of raising a son with Down syndrome in a world crowded with contradictory attitudes toward disabilities

Rachel Adams's life had always gone according to plan. She had an adoring husband, a beautiful two-year-old son, a sunny Manhattan apartment, and a position as a tenured professor at Columbia University. Everything changed with the birth of her second child, Henry. Just minutes after he was born, doctors told her that Henry had Down syndrome, and she knew that her life would never be the same. In this honest, self-critical, and...

Keywords for Disability Studies aims to broaden and define the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. The volume engages some of the most pressing debates of our time, such as prenatal testing, euthanasia, accessibility in public transportation and the workplace, post-traumatic stress, and questions about the beginning and end of life. Each of the 60 essays in Keywords for Disability Studies focuses on a distinct critical concept, including -ethics, - -medicalization, - -performance, - -reproduction, - -identity, -...

Keywords for Disability Studies aims to broaden and define the conceptual framework of disability studies for readers and practitioners in the field and beyond. The volume engages some of the most pressing debates of our time, such as prenatal testing, euthanasia, accessibility in public transportation and the workplace, post-traumatic stress, and questions about the beginning and end of life. Each of the 60 essays in Keywords for Disability Studies focuses on a distinct critical concept, including -ethics, - -medicalization, - -performance, - -reproduction, - -identity, -...

Think you know all there is to know about vampires? Then think again. Not all of them are bloodthirsty. And some of those that are may be too busy to collect it in the time-honoured way, ordering it instead on-line from Veinsbury's. Meet Viktor and his mother Evilina Vicious. This is no Twilight tale but the story of how Viktor turns his life around from being a lonely outsider to becoming the most popular young vampire in his school. But things really take off when he meets a human girl, Maggie, who feels as lonely as he did. Following Viktor and Maggie's adventures will confirm what every...